3/23/14 - Harrisburg, PA - Hummel St

Box 1-4 was dispatched around 2130 hours for a reported abandoned house on fire at 238 Hummel Street in the city's Allison Hill district. Captain 2 (Miller) was advised by county communications of multiple calls being received. Captain 2 requested the balance of the first alarm assignment bringing Wagon 3, Tower 2, York Co. Rescue 69, and Air 13 to the scene. Squad 8 arrived and reported smoke showing from a row of 2.5 story, wood framed, dwellings. Heavy fire was issuing from the rear and extending to the exposures on both sides. Command requested an additional truck to the scene that was quickly followed with the full second alarm. Several handlines were stretched into the dilapidated buildings where the bulk of the fire on the first floor was knocked in about 10 minutes. A partial collapase in the rear accompanied with fire travelling through the void spaces into the exposures and the roof hampered firefighting efforts before the fire was placed under control in about 45 minutes. The fire displaced one occupant and severely damaged at least 3 row homes. This fire occurred in the same group of row homes where a January 7, 2014 first alarm blaze displaced an occupant who was using a stove to keep warm at 242 Hummel Street.